ARCHIVES - APRIL 2008

FEATURE ARTICLES

It’s the Parallelism, Stupid! (Bryon Moyer)
(April 29, 2008)

Getting Back to a Simpler Life
A New Multicore Communications API is Ratified
(Bryon Moyer)
(April 22, 2008)

Multicore Momentum
The Multicore Expo Bulks Up (Bryon Moyer)
(April 15, 2008)

Java Earning Its Wings
Aonix Makes Real Time Almost Safety Critical
(Bryon Moyer)

(April 8, 2008)

MIPS Moves on Multi-Core
MIPS32 1004K (Kevin Morris)

(April 1, 2008)

As Easy As Pie
(Bryon Moyer)

(April 1, 2008)

NEWSLETTERS

April 29, 2008 :: volume XI, no. 05

April 22, 2008 :: volume XI, no. 04

April 15, 2008 :: volume XI, no. 03

April 8, 2008 :: volume XI, no. 02

April 1, 2008 :: volume XI, no. 01

 

PRESS RELEASES

April 30, 2008

Embedded Systems Development Survey 2007 Provides Detailed Survey Data from over 500 in-Depth Interviews with Developers, Engineers, and Team Leaders - All Active in Embedded Systems Development

Stonestreet One Announces New Certified Wireless USB Software

Mio Technology selects CSR’s connectivity for the P560 pocket PC

April 29, 2008

ASSET Commits to Developing Open Embedded Instrumentation Tools for Internal JTAG (IJTAG) Standard

National Instruments Integrates Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Technology into New Customizable I/O Devices

Intuicom Announces the C1000μ, a Micro-Sized, High-Performance RF Transceiver Module for OEMs

AMCC Demonstrates Leadership in 10GbE PHY Devices for Backplanes, Switches and Line Cards at Interop

VIA Launches Open Source Driver Development Portal

April 28, 2008

MIPS Technologies Launches Company's First European University Program for Design Engineers

ARM and Mindspeed(R) Address Next-Generation Home Gateways With Multiprocessing Technology

QuickLogic Supplying Engineering Samples Of PolarPro II CSSP Solution Platform

Lattice Announces New CPLD Family For Low Power, High Volume Portable Application

Alereon Announces First True Worldwide Wireless USB Chipset with PCI Express Interface

AMCC Announces QT2025 Family Successfully Operates in SFP+ and 10GBASE-KR Applications

CPU Tech Launches Acalis® CPU872 MultiCore PowerPC® with Embedded DRAM and Tamper Protection

Freescale and Chery Agree to Collaborate on Automotive Electronics Technology Development in China

Altera and HCELL Engineering Announce DO-254-Certifiable Nios II Embedded Processor

April 25, 2008

Esterel Technologies Announces Availability of Esterel SCADE Display™ 6.0

eSilicon Unveils 10G SerDes at 2008 INTEROP

April 24, 2008

Xilinx Celebrates Winners of Industry's First Open Source Hardware Innovation Contest for Mainland China Universities

April 23, 2008

Atmel Unveils Industry's First Off-the-Shelf LF Antenna Driver IC for Passive Entry Go/Passive Go Systems

Industry’s First FMC is VMETRO A/D Module

Cabot Communications announce single chip IDTV software

Avnet Electronics Marketing and Electronic Connector Manufacturer FCI Sign Global Agreement

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Selected By Telephonics Corporation For RDR-1700B Multi-Mode Radar Systems

April 22, 2008

Virage Logic’s DDR Memory Controller Interface Provides High Performance Data Transfer at Higher Efficiency and Lower Power

Sun Microsystems and Java Card Forum Announce Next Generation of Industry Leading Java Card Technology

Cissoid components used by APEI, Inc. in High Temperature, High Power systems for Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Renewable Energy and US Government applications

April 21, 2008

NI Announces Two Low-Cost PXI Embedded Controllers for Test, Measurement and Control Applications

Cornet Technology, Inc. Introduces First Tsi109-based Conduction Cooled Single Board Computer

AMCC Introduces a Comprehensive Dual-Processor AMC Form Factor Reference Design Kit Based on the PowerPC 460GT Processor

Alps Develops and Starts Mass Production of LIQUALLOY HMSAW Series Magnetic Sheet for Noise Suppression & LIQUALLOY HMSAS Series Magnetic Sheet for RFID

Renesas collaborates with IMEC on reconfigurable RF transceivers

The UK Embedded Masterclass Announces Two Dates and Two Locations for 2008

IAR Systems partnership with Atmel delivers tools support for AVR XMEGA

April 18, 2008

NEC Selects Freescale ColdFire® Processor for New Line of PC-based Digital Lifestyle Products

April 17, 2008

Virage Logic Strengthens Low Power IP Product Portfolio with Availability of 65nm CPF-Enabled Ultra-Low-Power Standard Cell Libraries

FIRST Robotics Competition Selects National Instruments CompactRIO for Next-Generation Robot Control System

April 16, 2008

Microsoft's Windows Embedded SPARK Your Imagination Program Goes Live

Development Kit for Customizable ARM7-based MCUs

Timesys Announces Embedded LinuxLink Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

Sun and Wind River Partner to Deliver Carrier Grade Linux for Next-Generation Networking on Sun's UltraSPARC(R) T2 Processor

Wireless Dynamics Inc. Announces Availability of the SDiD 1212 Low Frequency (LF) RFID Reader SD Card, First SD RFID Card with embedded 512MB SD Memory

New Digi NET+ARM Microprocessors Transform to Meet Application Needs

VersaLogic Launches the Cougar, a New LX 800 PC/104-Plus Embedded Computer

S3 Graphics Announces Ultra Energy-Efficient Embedded Multimedia Graphics Processor at ESC 2008

Micron Continues Leadership in Energy-Efficient Memory Designs with New Low-Voltage DDR3 and Higher-Density DDR2 Parts

Sybase iAnywhere Updates RFID and Sensor Computing Middleware

April 15, 2008

Zensys Picks Kilopass XPM Memory for Wireless Remote Control Applications, The Next Generation of Home Control and Automation

Renesas Technology Continues to Lead the Embedded Microcontroller Market and Now Aims to Increase its Global Market Share to 30 Percent

Mentor Graphics Accelerates ''Smart'' User Interface Innovation with Nucleus Software Platform for Atmel Microcontrollers

ADLINK Announces Powerful COM Express Module for Advanced Computation and Graphics

NEC Electronics Europe Announces New High Temperature Optocoupler Devices

Express Logic Announces ThreadX® RTOS and USBX™ USB Support for Luminary Micro’s New Stellaris® LM3S3000/LM3S5000 Series Microcontrollers

ARM Joins Synplicity’s ReadyIP Program

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces NETernity™ RM981RC Gigabit Ethernet Switch

MontaVista Mobilinux for Texas Instruments OMAP3430 Processor Unveiled at Embedded Systems Conference

Eclipse Expands Open Source Technologies for Embedded and Mobile Developers

Micrium Extends Support to Luminary Micro’s New USB-Enabled Stellaris® Microcontrollers

 

April 15, 2008 continued

Microchip Technology Debuts World’s Lowest Power Large-memory 16-bit USB Microcontroller Family - Only 16-bit MCU With OTG

VirtualLogix Unveils VLX Support for Power Architectures™

Netrino Launches Embedded Software Boot Camp: Hands-on Training Program to Improve Embedded Skills

Freescale i.MX27 IP Camera Reference Design Delivers High Resolution H.264 Compression Technology

April 14, 2008

ARM Enhances Feature Set of Popular Cortex-M3 Processor for Extreme Low-Power Functionality

Atmel and TimeSys Announce Embedded Linux Support for AT91CAP Customizable Microcontrollers

ARM and Express Logic Enhance Out-Of-Box Experience for ThreadX Development With RealView Tools

MIPS Technologies to Showcase Digital Entertainment, Networking and Microcontroller Innovations at ESC 2008

MontaVista Provides Embedded Linux® Commercialization for New AMCC PowerPC 460EX and 460GT Processors

Renesas Technology Introduces Industrys First Interactive Software and Hardware Demonstration Platforms, the Sub-Atomic Particle Boards for Microcontrollers

Aonix Speeds PERC® Ultra with Performance Boosting Feature

AMCC Introduces Low-Cost Evaluation Kits for High-Performance PowerPC 460EX and 460GT Processors

Freescale Dual-Core Processor Simplifies Embedded Linux® OS-Based Design

Renesas Technology Expands R32C/100 Series With 50 New MCUs With Fast On-chip Flash and Peripheral Sets for Automotive Applications, Among Others

AMCC’s PowerPC 440EPx Embedded Processor Selected By Continuous Computing for its Fully-Integrated FlexTCA System

MontaVista Software Supports Embedded Linux Commercialization for New Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

Renesas Technology Announces SH-MobileR2, Multimedia Host Processor With Integrated H.264/MPEG-4 Video Engine for Next Generation Multimedia Applications

Parasoft Embedded Debuts the Next-Generation of Embedded and Real-Time Systems Quality Solution at Embedded Systems Conference

Corelis’ CodeSymphony™, an Eclipse-Based Development Environment, is extended to support AMCC’s latest platforms, the PowerPC 460EX Canyonlands and the 460GT Glacier

April 11, 2008

congatec AG Expands to Address U.S. Market

Ampro Promoted to Silver-level Windows Embedded Partner

Freescale Presents Solutions for a Greener, Healthier and Better Connected World at Embedded Systems Conference

April 10, 2008

Corsair Receives 80 PLUS® "Green" Certification On All Power Supply Units

Horizon Semiconductors Announces Industry's Smallest Form-Factor, Stand-Alone High Definition Multi-Standard Transcoder Reference Platform

Jungo Unveils USBHOST Tester™ Solution For Comprhensive Embedded USB Host Testing

April 9, 2008

IAR Systems announces native hardware debug and C++ compiler support for Microchip Technology’s 16-bit PIC24 MCUs and dsPIC33F DSCs

Texas Instruments showcases leading technologies and solutions at Embedded Systems Conference, Silicon Valley

Actel Discusses Low Power and Power Management at ESC Silicon Valley

Lattice FPGA Enables Lost Cost Programmable SDI Solution At NAB

eCosCentric Bundles eXtremeDB™ with eCosPro® Developer's Kit, Helps eCos Users Kick 'Homegrown' Database Habit

Datakey Electronics, Inc. releases Immersion-Rated Portable Data Carrier System

Ambric to Showcase the New aDesigner Tool Suite and the Am2045 MPPA and Development Board; and Participate in the Multicore Technical Track at ESC 2008

ZeroG Wireless Announces Innovation in Embedded Wi-Fi Design

SMSC Expands Its Ethernet Product Portfolio with High-Performance Switch, PCI Ethernet and USB to Ethernet Solution

April 8, 2008

4.3-inch color display module provides ease-of-use and competitive pricing

embOS supports ARM VFP and other CPU extensions

Cymbet Showcasing Permanent Power Solutions Using EnerChip™ Thin-Film Batteries at ESC 2008 Conference

Timesys Announces Embedded Linux Support for Freescale MPC8572 Processors

Teridian Announces General Sample Availability of 78Q8430 10/100 Fast Ethernet Multi-Media Offload Controller for Embedded Applications

Micrium Completes First Ports to Analog Devices’ Blackfin Processors

New X-FAB 0.18 Micrometer Process Maximizes Cost-Effectiveness in Analog/Mixed-Signal Chip Design for Commercial Automotive and Power Management Applications

April 7, 2008

Young robot designers innovate with Altium’s support

NEC LCD Technologies Announces New 10.4-inch LCD Module With Superior Viewing Performance

Micro Digital, Inc. to Showcase USB and WiFi at Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose

Aonix PERC® Pico Provides Support for Wind River VxWorks

Microsoft Research Celebrates the Past, Present and Future of Human-Computer Interaction at CHI 2008 Conference

Mellanox Announces Industry’s First Integrated Fiber Channel over Ethernet Adapter with Hardware Offload

April 3, 2008

Altium expands versatility of Altium Innovation Station

Novelics Announces Availability of Single-Transistor SRAM for 65-Nanometer System-on-Chip Design

NEC Electronics Europe introduces small package line up for PowerMOSFETs targeting mobile device applications

Small Form Factor SIG Adopts VIA’s Pico-ITX Specification

April 2, 2008

FST To Showcase Advanced GUI and High Performance Multimedia Platform at ESC

congatec AG Announces COM Express™ Compact Module Based on Intel® Atom™ Processor Z500 Series

VMETRO Expands Buffer Memory Products to Include XMC Modules

Toshiba begins mass production of MLC NAND Solid State Drives

InHand Electronics Announces Development of Small-Form Factor Embedded System Based on New Intel Low Power Platform

April 1, 2008

MIPS Technologies Unveils Industry's First Multi-threaded, Multiprocessor IP Core for the Embedded Market

Leading Embedded Engineers to Discover New Design Techniques at Microchip Technology’s 12th Annual Worldwide MASTERs Conference

Beceem Introduces World’s First Single-Chip, 65 Nanometer Mobile WiMAX Solution – Sets New Standard for Low Power Consumption

Magnum Semiconductor Licenses Sidense’s Logic Non-Volatile Memory for Consumer Entertainment Products

Sound Design Technologies Launches VOYAGEURIITM Audio Processing DSP Platform

VirtualLogix™ Expands Real-Time Virtualization Solution to Include Windows® Environments

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